UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

ABOUT THE WORK I specialize in wall drawings (including interactive pieces), paintings (on canvas, wood, postcards and photomurals), hand-cut mylar, traditional drawings and digital drawings (with laptop, smart phone, gif animations and virtual reality).I work quickly with no preconceptions, searching for imagery in the medium, which surprises me both formally and conceptually, with an ear to the metaphorical possibilities in abstracting the human head and figure.I have produced dozens of improvised site-specific wall drawings since my first in 1994. The two murals in this exhibition were likewise created spontaneously, here on the walls, in six days, and will exist until they're painted over by museum staff in preparation for the next exhibition.

Mallette was born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan. He studied art at Western Michigan University (BFA 1990) and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA 1994) before moving to Cincinnati in 2002, where he calls home and continues to produce art.

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UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

ABOUT THE WORK I specialize in wall drawings (including interactive pieces), paintings (on canvas, wood, postcards and photomurals), hand-cut mylar, traditional drawings and digital drawings (with laptop, smart phone, gif animations and virtual reality).I work quickly with no preconceptions, searching for imagery in the medium, which surprises me both formally and conceptually, with an ear to the metaphorical possibilities in abstracting the human head and figure.I have produced dozens of improvised site-specific wall drawings since my first in 1994. The two murals in this exhibition were likewise created spontaneously, here on the walls, in six days, and will exist until they're painted over by museum staff in preparation for the next exhibition.